Back in form, Trump accuses Cruz of stealing Iowa

Washington, Feb 4 (IANS) A day after his “humbling” second place finish in the first presidential nominating contests, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump was back in form as he accused his vanquisher Ted Cruz of stealing the Iowa caucus.

Attacking the arch conservative Texas senator Cruz in a series of tweets, the brash billionaire questioned the outcome of Monday’s Iowa caucus that kicked off the 2016 presidential race and called for either new voting there or the results to be nullified.

“Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified,” he wrote.

“Ted Cruz didn’t win Iowa, he stole it,” Trump tweeted. “That is why all of the polls were so wrong and why he got far more votes than anticipated.”

Cruz then added, “Yet another #Trumpertantrum… @realDonaldTrump very angry w/the people of Iowa. They actually looked at his record.”

Polls in the week leading up to the caucuses showed Trump five points ahead of Cruz, which raised expectations for Trump’s campaign, but Cruz finished first with 28 percent support, four points more than Trump.